Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. Sure, I wish I did, but I don't.

Prologue

"Get up, Yolei!" I heard my mother call from downstairs. I covered my ears with my pillow.

I am not a morning person.

"You're going to be late! It's Saturday today!" she yelled.

"Ugh." I groaned. I knew too well what Saturday was. It meant waking up at 6:00 in the morning to make an offering at the Higurashi mini shrine, and then pray to the gods until it was time for lunch.

"YOLEI!" she shouted.

"I'M UP!" I called back, lazily dressing in a jean mini-skirt and a worn out shirt.

"Don't you dare wear that new mini!" she warned.

I looked at my skirt. "I won't, Mom!"

"Good." I heard her state happily.

I grinned and climbed out my window, grabbing this week's offering as I headed to the shrine.

I sighed, "How exciting this will be." I really hated Saturdays. I was so out of it I didn't even notice I walked passed Hojo from Class B.

"Takeshi!" he called after me.

I sighed, "What?"

"Have you seen Kagome anywhere?" he asked, smiling.

"No." I retorted, "Maybe she's still asleep! It's only 6:15." The baka... I thought to myself.

"You're right..." he thought aloud, "Well I'll see you around, then!" with that, he left.

I shivered from his baka-ness, and went on my way.

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I climbed the steps of the Higurashi shrine, offering in my hands. I laid it down at the foot of the well, knelt down, and prayed.

"Oh mighty God," I sarcastically prayed, "Protect my family from death, disease, anything that leads to death, and failing highschool." I snickered and got up, not wanting to spendsix hours at a stupid shrine. Almost at once, I felt as if tiny needles were pricking the flesh on my leg. Great, my leg fell asleep... I thought.

I rubbed my leg, "Argh..."

Right now might be the time to say that sometimes, my coordination level is zero. I stepped onto my "sleepy" foot, lost my footing and tumbled head first into the well.

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Chapter 1

"Ow..." I groaned, rubbing my head. I tried to rid my hair from the dirt from the well. I opened my eyes and looked around, "Nice move, Yolei." I cursed. I got up and inspected myself despite the obscurity.

"Scraped knee, perfect." I told myself sarcastically when I suddenly felt blood on my leg. "Hmm I wonder how long I've been here." I looked up towards the opening of the well. I saw a little chestnut haired boy with cute little ears peering down the well.

"There's someone here, InuYasha." he called.

I listened intently for the reply.

"Just leave her there, Shippou! It's probably some demon who wants to eat you." came an annoyed voice.

I sweatdropped. It?!!??! I thought in rage,"Please get me out of here?" I pleaded, knowing that never in a million years would I be able to climb the steep opening.

Suddenly, I saw a flash of dark clothes and the little boy, Shippou, being flown from the well's opening.

"I'll help you!" came yet another voice.

The next thing I knew, I was out of the well and sitting on the grass by the old oak tree.

"Uh... Thanks."

Shippou bowed (a very cute sight, might I add) and introduced himself, "Shippou, if you didn't already know. This is Miroku the monk," he pointed to the man with black hair who had helped me out of the well, "and the grouchy one over there is InuYasha."

I suddenly felt a wierd urge to touch his ears. I walked over to him and poked his right ear.

"Hey, keep your hands to yourself, you old crone!" he insulted.

"I'm not that old!" I shot back, "You should talk."

I recieved an icy glare from InuYasha. Figures.

Suddenly, I felt a hand on my backside that slid down to my butt. I turned and saw Miroku smiling.

"Would you do me the honour of bearing me a child?" he asked politely.

I turned red. Not in embarassement, but in anger. I grinned, took my hand, and swung at his face. He fell down with a bound.

"Not on your life..."

"What's going on here?" I heard a voice, a woman's voice this time, "Was Miroku chasing girls again?"

"Yeah, you shouldn't be so shocked Sango." InuYasha retorted, "When is he not chasing girls?"

"Hi." I interrupted, holding out my hand, "I'm Yolei."

"Sango, demon exterminator." she replied, giving me an icy glare. Hey, that's two in 5 minutes! They must like me. I thought to myself, sarcastically of course.

"Wait, demon?" for the first time really thinking of the word. I turned around and spoke to nothing in particular, "Well, Toto, I guess we're not in Kansas anymore..."

"Who's Toto? What's Kansas?" Shippou asked curiously.

"It's a story about a girl who..." I began. Shippou just scratched his head, "Nevermind. I might tell you about it someday."

"Okay..."

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"Girl..." an elderly woman said. Shippou introduced her as Kaede, the village priestess, "How did ye get here? Where is Kagome?"

I asked, "Kagome? You mean Kagome Higurashi?"

InuYasha quickly approached me and looked at me intently, narrowing his eyes, "You know Kagome?"

"Well I visit her shrine every Saturday to-"

"I don't care about that, girl." he sneered, "Where is she?"

"...At school?" I guessed, "Oh wait, it's Saturday. She must still be sleeping..."

"Sleeping?" he laughed, "It's half past noon."

"Then she must be on a date with Hojo from Class B." I retorted. His eyes hardened for a second, "Jealous, are we?"

"Filthy human, of course not." he shot back and trodded outside.

"InuY-"

"Mind him not, child." Kaede interrupted, "Get some rest and we will deal with you tomorrow."

With that, she left.

Deal with me tomorrow? I asked myself. It sounds like I'm some threat... I walked around the room, bored out of my mind. A few minutes later, I snuck outside and headed for the well.

There is no way she's making me stay in that hut... I decided stubbornly. When I finally reached the well, I sat at its edge and waited for something to happen. Anything to happen, something to take me home.